Joel M. Reed
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Joel M. Reed is an American
film director, producer and writer.
Reed is best known for directing the controversial Blood Sucking Freaks
. Blood Sucking Freaks was a notorious horror comedy that has since achieved cult status but upon its initial release was the subject of protests.
Reed is also known for the films The G.I. Executioner
, Career Bed, Blood Bath, and Night of the Zombies.
Reed wrote and directed Blood Bath (Terror, Night and the City) which was produced by the Trans-Orient Entertainment Corporation and had a budget of $100,000. In a 1974 interview with The New York Times
, he described the film as a "contemporary, episodic occult-horror adventure". Harve Presnell
starred in the film as a producer of horror films who arranges in his studio a Black Mass
.
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film director, producer and writer.
Reed is best known for directing the controversial Blood Sucking Freaks
Blood Sucking Freaks
Blood Sucking Freaks is a 1976 horror-exploitation film. Shot under the title Sardu: Master of the Screaming Virgins, it was retitled The Incredible Torture Show during its original theatrical run....
. Blood Sucking Freaks was a notorious horror comedy that has since achieved cult status but upon its initial release was the subject of protests.
Reed is also known for the films The G.I. Executioner
The G.I. Executioner
The G.I. Executioner is a 1975 action film co-written and directed by Joel M. Reed, the director of the 1976 cult classic Blood Sucking Freaks.-Overview:...
, Career Bed, Blood Bath, and Night of the Zombies.
Reed wrote and directed Blood Bath (Terror, Night and the City) which was produced by the Trans-Orient Entertainment Corporation and had a budget of $100,000. In a 1974 interview with The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
, he described the film as a "contemporary, episodic occult-horror adventure". Harve Presnell
Harve Presnell
Harve Presnell was an American actor and singer. He began his career in the mid 1950s as a classical baritone, singing with orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States...
starred in the film as a producer of horror films who arranges in his studio a Black Mass
Black Mass
A Black Mass is a ceremony supposedly celebrated during the Witches' Sabbath, which was a sacrilegious parody of the Catholic Mass. Its main objective was the profanation of the host, although there is no agreement among authors on how hosts were obtained or profaned; the most common idea is that...
.